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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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